Object access method: Difference between revisions

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'''Object access method''' is an [[access method]] under [[z/OS]] which is designed for the storage of large numbers of large files, such as images. It has a number of distinguishing features, e.g. compared to [[Virtual storage access method|VSAM]]:

*OAM datasets do not have any record structure, they are binary streams

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OAM is meant to be used in conjunction with [[IBM_DB2|DB2]]. An example use case for OAM would be storing medical images in a DB2 database running under z/OS.

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